• Title
  Jacky Jacky, Constable, King of Toolooby [Brass breastplate]
• Call number
  SAFE/R 250b
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 18
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1816 & 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  447004
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 9.8 x 15.4 cm. - Tarnished, small areas of verdigris. A split approx. 3 cm. long extends from mid top edge through the second "J". Plate is thin and roughly beaten, not flat. Holes at apex are open near edge of plate. - 1 crescent-shaped brass breastplate, engraved, with hole at each apex
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Titled from inscription
  Undated, however breastplates were conferred from 1816 until as late as 1930
  Material described as brass with high copper content -- Poignant regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images, 1993
  ""Found in Coolah Valley, NSW"" -- Poignant regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images, 1993
  Digital order no:a928646
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Jacky Jacky / Constable / King of Toolooby -- engraved on front
  ""H G Irwin"" -- scratched inscription on reverse
• Subject
  Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  kingplates
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Poignant Regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images
  Possessed : an exhibition of treasures
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection

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